Analects 19.17
The Analects (論語), BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG 子張第十九
曾子曰、吾聞諸夫子、人未有自致者也、必也親喪乎。
The philosopher Tsang said, "I heard this from our Master:—'Men may not have shown what is in them to the full extent, and yet they will be found to do so, on occasion of mourning for their parents.'"
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 曾céngalready, formerly, once; the past
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 聞wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 人rénman, person; people
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 致zhìto send; to present, to deliver; to caus
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 也yěalso, too
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 親qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazeln
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
Passages with shared wording
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Mencius 3A.2
- Zhuangzi Language
- Analects 3.24
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Universe
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.